{"id":230839,"date":"2016-05-09T14:07:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T21:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=230839"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:01:09","slug":"student-summit-mobility-systems-networking","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/student-summit-mobility-systems-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Summit on Mobility, Systems, and Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Venue:<\/strong>
\nSheraton Sonoma
\n745 Baywood Drive
\nPetaluma, CA 94954<\/p>\n

Contact us:<\/strong> If you have questions, send email to SystemSummit2016@microsoft.com<\/a>.Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n

Mobility, systems, and networking technologies are significantly changing our connected world. This fast-paced, one-of-a-kind, two-day summit brings together top graduate students with seasoned engineers and researchers from Microsoft to discuss opportunities in some of the latest computer technologies. We will focus on a wide variety of topics ranging from intelligent clouds to mobile and wearable devices and the networks that connect them.<\/p>\n

The summit will provide an opportunity for students from top US universities to give short talks and present posters on their current research, and to receive feedback from seasoned Microsoft engineers and researchers. In addition, some of Microsoft\u2019s top engineers will describe cutting-edge technologies they are in the process of developing.<\/p>\n

The goal of this informal event is to create stronger ties between Microsoft\u2019s technical community leaders and the top student researchers in academia, and to discover, together, the next big ideas that will change our world for the better.<\/p>\n

Organizers<\/h2>\n

Vani Mandava<\/a>
\nAlec Wolman<\/a>
\nVictor Bahl<\/a>Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, February 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/th>\nSession<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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8:30-9:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Registration and breakfast<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9:30-9:50<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Welcome, introductions, and agenda<\/p>\n

Victor Bahl, Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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9:50-10:50<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Student lightning talks: session 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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10:50-11:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11:00-12:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Student lightning talks: session 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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12:00-1:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1:00-2:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big Data Challenges in a Product Group<\/a> – Johannes Gehrke, Distinguished Engineer, Applications and Services Group<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2:00-2:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2:15-3:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Student lightning talks: session 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3:15-3:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3:30-4:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Student lightning talks: session 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4:30-4:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4:45-6:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Poster session and cocktails<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Efficient System Support for Continuous Mobile Vision – Robert LiKamWa, Rice University<\/em><\/li>\n
  • CAreDroid: Adaptation Framework for Context-Aware Applications on Mobile Phones – Salma Elmalaki, University of California, Los Angeles<\/em><\/li>\n
  • TARDiS: A Branch and Merge Approach to Weak Consistency – Natacha Crooks, University of Texas, Austin<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Simplifying Software-Defined Network Optimization Using SOL – Victor Heorhiadi, University of North Carolina<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Hyperbolic Caching: Better and More Modular Priority Functions for Web Apps – Aaron Blankstein, Princeton University<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Personalizing Pervasive Services with Small Data Traces – Longqi Yang, Cornell University<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Meeting Latency Bounds of Wearable Cognitive Assistance – Zhuo Chen, Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/li>\n
  • CFA: A Practical Prediction System for Video QoE Optimization – Juchen Jiang, Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Sleep Stage Mining Using Wireless Signals – Ruth Vinisha Ravichandran, University of Washington<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Subways: A Case for Redundant, Inexpensive Data Center Edge Links – Vincent Liu, University of Washington<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Scalable Network Forensics – Matthias Vallentin, University of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Micro Load Balancing in Data Centers with DRILL – Soudeh Ghorbani, University of Illinois, Urbana\u2013Champaign<\/em><\/li>\n
  • A Versatile Gateway Architecture for City-Scale Sensing – Brad Campbell, University of Michigan<\/em><\/li>\n
  • ZCSI: A New NF Framework – Aurojit Panda, University of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Distributed Transactions on Geo-spatial Data – Kai Mast, Cornell University<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Neutral Net Neutrality: Expressing User Preferences with Network Cookies – Yiannis Yiakoumis, Stanford University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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6:30-9:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Dinner at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Tuesday, February 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/th>\nSession<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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8:45-9:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Student lightning talks: session 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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9:45-10:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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10:00-12:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Breakout sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working group 1: Cloud and big data systems<\/strong>
\nModerator:<\/strong> Srikanth Kandula<\/a>, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n

Distributed storage, cloud virtualization, containers and tools, systems for data analytics, resource management, trusted cloud, replication, geo-distribution<\/p>\n

Working group 2: Mobile and wearable systems<\/strong>
\nModerator:<\/strong> Venkat Padmanabhan<\/a>, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n

Micro-data centers (cloudlets), sensing, energy management, mobile services, continuous mobile vision, gaming, app analytics, security and privacy<\/p>\n

Working group 3: Networking<\/strong>
\nModerator:<\/strong> Jitu Padhye<\/a>, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n

Network programming, edge networking, software-defined networking, data center networking, virtualization, middle-boxes, verification, monitoring and diagnostics<\/p>\n

Working group 4: Wireless systems<\/strong>
\nModerator:<\/strong> Bozidar Radunovic, Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n

Low-cost access, RF for sensing, energy harvesting, mm-wave networking, MIMO and smart antennas, localization<\/p>\n

Working group 5: Internet-of-Things<\/a><\/strong>
\nModerator:<\/strong> Ratul Mahajan<\/a>, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n

Architecture; edge computation; security; low-power wireless; apps for the enterprise, home, and manufacturing; network of cameras; smart objects; sensing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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12:30-1:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Lunch and Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Intelligent Cloud<\/a> – Vijay Narayanan, Partner Director of Software Engineering, Machine Learning and Data Science, Cloud and Enterprise<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1:45-2:50<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Microsoft Engineering talks<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2:50-3:10<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3:10-4:50<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Working group presentations & Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4:50-5:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Best Student Presentation Award & Best Student Poster Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrap-up and next steps – Vani Mandava, Senior Program Manager & Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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